Film Review – Strangerland

“Strangerland” looks to establish a specific mood of frustration, set during the melt of an unbearable Australian summer. Director Kim Farrant successfully squeezes the setting for everything it’s worth, delivering a feeling of lethargy and illness to a particularly piercing story of personal loss. It’s a shame there isn’t much more to “Strangerland” beyond an evocative helming job, as its tale of closeted deception and confession isn’t robust enough to carry the feature, which is frequently caught spinning its wheels instead of fully examining its conflicts. Farrant attempts to turn something primal into an actor showcase, and her permissiveness slows the movie to a crawl. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com